The champion advances to the quarter-finals of the Rio Open

The last Brazilian in the dispute, Thiago Montero, lost to Britain’s Cameron Norrie by two sets to zero, with two parts 7/5 and 7/5, in two and a half hours of the match.

This is the second time that the 13th seed in the world ranking has come to Brazil and has surpassed the 2019 result when it fell in the second round. Nouri is the tennis player with the most wins in the season (15) and was runner-up in Buenos Aires last Sunday.

“I was more comfortable with the conditions, and I played better than on my debut. It was very hot and humid, and it was my first match in the season,” said the Briton, who lost his first match with Montero, in 2020, on hard court in Auckland. Night, which is a little different.”

Thiago Montero, whose best result at the Rio Open tennis tournament was in the quarter-finals in 2017, lamented the defeat: “It was a tough match, I made some mistakes at key moments, which cost me in the end. It was Very solid, managed better and deserved the result. As usual, the fans gave me a lot of motivation, they gave me energy all the time, it’s a great feeling to play here. I tried to do my best, but unfortunately I didn’t get the win, “the tennis player announced on the official website of the tournament.

Round of 16 results:

[2] Cameron Norrie (GBR) 2 x 0 Thiago Monteiro (Brazil) – 7/5, 7/5
[PR] Hugo Delin (BOL)[9] 2×1 Alex Mulkan (SVK) – 1/6, 6/2, 6/2
Bernabé Zapata Miralles (ESP) 2 x 1 [4] Francisco Sirondolo (Argentina) – 6/1, 4/6, 6/1
[1] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 2 x 1 Fabio Fognini (ITA) – 6/7, 6/2, 6/4
Laslo Djerje (SRB) 0 x 2 Dusan Lajovic (SRB) – 2/6 and 4/6
[7] Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 2×0 Daniel Galan (CO) – 6/2 and 6/4
[Q] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 2×0 Pedro Martinez (Spain) – 6/2 and 6/2
[SE] Juan Pablo Farias (PER) 0 x 2 [6] Sebastian Paez (Argentina) – 5/7, 6/7